How the Fall of Empire Spurred the Rise of Modernity — and Parallels with the Rise of US Higher Ed

This post is a commentary on historian Walter Scheidel’s book, Escape from Rome.  It’s a stunningly original analysis of a topic that has long fascinated scholars like me:  how did Europe come to create the modern world?  His answer is this:  Europe became the cauldron of modernity and the dominant power in the world because … Continue reading How the Fall of Empire Spurred the Rise of Modernity — and Parallels with the Rise of US Higher Ed